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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Controlled Burn (2022)
Average with a little surprise steam
It's an average episode, though watching Rollins teach a class is surprisingly engaging. It's great to see Lola Glaudino; she's an underrated actress. But there's no real neat here, except for the performance and lines delivered by a member of the symphony orchestra; I wish the series was on that level of spooky interesting. Still, there was one surprise but of spice. The chemistry between Lola Glaudino and Mariska Hargitay is fabulous. I wish this show was complex enough to show us more subtle character notes. I guess most credit for the two sparkling things in the episode go to the writer but still, props to the ladies and orchestra dude.
The Book of Boba Fett: Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine (2022)
A love letter to linguists and anthropologists
The second episode of The Book of Boba Fett is a love letter to linguists, sociolinguists and anthropologists/cultural anthropologists and it made me amazingly happy. Temuera Morrison is a tremendous actor, and physical actor, and the handtalk is brilliantly efficient and I want to shake hands, or at least bump elbows with, its creator(s).
It's also action-packed and emotionally fulfilling. Ten thumbs up. Don't ask me whose thumbs.
Edit: I LOVE that Morrison uses some recognizably Maori facial expressions, especially in combat. Also, he is just absolutely so attractive.
Star Trek: Discovery: The Examples (2021)
First decent episode since season 2
It wasn't brilliant, but it was good, not the sloppy emotional schlock they've been serving since season 3 started. David Cronenberg shows up again and is, of course, immaculate.
Without a Trace: Check Your Head (2006)
What a confection!
This episode is a strange, delicious, frothy dessert.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Zero Tolerance (2018)
Using one's power for good
This show took a stand, the right one, and did it well. I have to believe some confused or hateful heart out there, somewhere, changed their beliefs after watching.